The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Here’s a chart of Common Methodologies of Monster Vanquishing.
• The Urban Collector is now selling Night Of The Living Kev Inaction Figures.
• WonderMark has a poster with an extensive list of Supernatural Collective Nouns.

Film

• Interview: George A. Romero appeared on Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me to talk about zombies.
• News: John Rhys-Davies Not Interested in Dwarfing Up for The Hobbit
• News: Joss Whedon has written An Open Letter to the Terminator Owners.
• News: Original Directors Want To Make Their Own Blair Witch 2.
• Empire wonders How Scary Should Kids Movies Be? “Because both Coraline and Where The Wild Things Are (on its US release) drew semi-hysterical reactions from adults worried that children would be traumatised by the more intense and darker scenes in the films.”
• EW.com offers up a list of 16 Little-Known Horror Gems.
• Giant Freaking Robot explains Why The World Needs Ghostbusters 3.
• It may be a bit late, but for me, Halloween tends to linger. Here’s 10 Horror Films You Can Watch For Free Online.
• The LA Times has a dreamy gallery of Behind the scenes photos of New Moon.
• Martin Scorsese names his choice for the 11 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time.
• Metromix names the Worst. TV shows turned movies. Ever.
• The Times online charts out Films by Genre over the Past 100 Years.

Internet

• io9 discusses Why Great Horror is Heartbreaking.
• McSweeney’s presents Selections from H.P. Lovecraft’s brief tenure as a Whitman’s Sampler Copyrighter. Warning: Insanity and a mild case of the munchies may ensue.

Literature

• Interview: Brandon Sanderson has been making the promotion circuit, speaking with BlogTalk Radio, Dave’s Blog, EyeonBooks, GeekDad, and more.
• Interview: Keeping the Door interviews Greg Egan, author of Incandescence.
• Interview: Master of horror Peter Straub explains how to scare readers.
• Interview: Moon, Lace, and Mayhem interviews Rachel Caine.
• Interview: Tor.com talks with Scott Westerfeld about steampunk and Leviathan.
• Interview: A Working Title interviews Tobias Buckell.
• News: The Berlin Film Festival will screen Fritz Lang’s original cut of “Metropolis,” which was feared lost but discovered in an Argentine museum last year.
• News: Legendary Actor Christopher Lee Knighted.
• Check out the animated book trailer for The Court of Air by Stephen Hunt.
• Empire suggests 7 Sci-Fi Books To Read Before You See Avatar.
• GeekDad offers a list of Geeky Books suitable for Christmas Gifts.
• Here’s a schedule of dates that the books in the Wheel of Time series will be released as ebooks.

Television

• Elizabeth Mitchell dishes all about “V” and the Lost romance she doubted at first.
• The Los Angeles Time profiles the new ABC series “V”, which will be sleeker and faster than the original.